Hide Yamagishi: Ripped to Perfection

rich gaspari:"Hide is one of the hardest-working bodybuilders I’ve ever known. I’ve trained with him a few times, and quit is not in his vocabulary. Probably the most impressive thing about Hide is that even when he’s in the final stages of a contest diet and his energy levels are sinking fast, he never shows it. Hide never lets up with his training or cardio, and continues to make time for his fans and have a genuine smile on his face wherever he meets them. He loves the sport with an ingrained passion, and he wants to be the best. And just like I did, he also uses presentation and condition as powerful weapons against the bigger guys. He’s fearless onstage and never intimidated, because he believes in himself and he believes that his hard work will pay off."
Yamagishi has a classic physique that’s balanced, with wide, round shoulders, a tiny waist and sweeping quads. At a stage weight of 220 pounds, Hide has slain many a dragon who towered over and outweighed him— including Dennis Wolf, Dennis James, Toney Freeman, Jason Huh and Todd Jewell. Hide slays the bigger men with his killer condition— has to be ripped to perfection. Hide is the first professional Japanese bodybuilder to compete in the Mr. Olympia contest in 2007.Here’s exactly how Hide dials because elusive combination of being reduce, symmetrical along with full— having kick-ass training, proper diet, iron-willed concentration and working hard.

Sample Off-Season Training Per Body Part:

Quads: Leg extensions, leg presses, hack squats, squats.
Chest: Incline bench presses, dumbbell bench presses, Hammer Strength decline presses, cable crossovers.
Back: Lat pulldowns, T-bar rows, barbell rows, cable rows.
Hams and Calves: Lying leg curls, stiff-leg deadlifts, seated leg curls, lunges, standing calf raises, seated calf raises.
Delts: Side raises, front raises, seated front presses, rear raises, upright rows.
Arms: Barbell curls/cable press-downs, incline dumbbell curls/skull-crushers, Scott curls/dumbbell French presses (super sets).

Contest Diet— 2 Weeks Out from 2012 Mr. Olympia*

4:00 a.m. One capsule Detonate
4:30 a.m. 40 minutes cardio
6:00 a.m. Protein pancakes made from the following mix: 10 egg whites, 1 cup oatmeal, 1 scoop MyoFusion, 3 tablets Anavite
8:30 a.m. 6 oz. chicken breast, 5 oz. 99% lean ground turkey, 100 grams rice, 2 cups broccoli, 6 tablets Vasotropin
9:30 a.m. 2 scoops SuperPump MAX, 1 scoop Aminolast
10:30 a.m. Train; during workout, 1 scoop Aminolast, 1 scoop SizeOn Max Performance
11:30 a.m. 2 scoops IntraPro (whey protein), 1 scoop GlycoFuse
12:00 p.m. 6 oz. chicken breast, 5 oz. 99% lean ground turkey, 100 grams rice, 2 cups broccoli
3:00 p.m. 6 oz. chicken breast, 5 oz. 99% lean ground turkey, 2 cups broccoli
4:30 p.m. One capsule Detonate
5:00 p.m. 40 minutes cardio
6:30 p.m. 6 oz. chicken breast, 5 oz. 99% lean ground turkey, 2 cups broccoli
9 p.m. 6 oz. chicken breast, 5 oz. 99% lean ground turkey, 2 cups broccoli, 3 tablets Anavite
* All supplements by Gaspari Nutrition